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She added: “On Wednesday I must have spent around three hours again searching Facebook Marketplace to see if any tools matched Shaun’s.”

Police are now appealing for witnesses to come forward following the theft, which happened between 10pm and 10.40pm on Tuesday.

A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: “We are appealing for information after a van parked on the driveway of a home in Glaisher Drive, Meir Park, was broken into and around £10,000 of tools taken on Tuesday, August 22 between 10pm and 10.40pm.”